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Interest in latest UK oil exploration tender lowest in 14 years

LONDON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Britain's latest tender for
offshore exploration permits attracted the lowest interest in 14
years, underlining how the mature North Sea is struggling to
entice explorers to extract the 20 billion barrels of oil
equivalent left untapped.

SE Asia Stocks-Muted as oil falls; U.S. election, Fed hike worries dampen mood

By Geo Tharappel
Oct 31 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian stock markets ended
Monday flat as oil fell and uncertainty ahead of the U.S.
presidential election prevailed, while a better-than-expected
growth in the U.S. economy improved prospects of a Fed rate
hike.
Federal investigators' new probe related to the email use of
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton shook markets'
conviction of her victory in the election.

GE to merge oil and gas business with Baker Hughes

Oct 31 (Reuters) - General Electric Co, banking on a
recovery in oil prices, said on Monday it would merge its oil
and gas business with No. 3 oilfield services provider Baker
Hughes Inc.

RPT-COLUMN-U.S. natural gas prices caught in the crossfire: Kemp

LONDON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - U.S. natural gas prices are
caught in the crossfire between warmer-than-normal weather and a
structurally tightening supply-and-demand balance.

European equities fall for 6th straight day as oil stocks slip

LONDON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - European shares fell for a sixth
straight session on Monday with energy shares tracking weaker
oil prices and banks losing ground again.

UPDATE 2-China asks coal miners at latest meeting to cap 2017 prices -sources

BEIJING, Oct 31 (Reuters) - China's government has asked the
nation's top coal miners to cap their 2017 supply contracts at
or below current spot market levels, sources said, a highly
unusual move that reflects Beijing's growing panic about runaway
prices.

Fort Calhoun becomes fifth U.S. nuclear plant to retire in past five years

(Mon, 31 Oct 2016) The Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station, located near Omaha, Nebraska, shut down on Monday, October 24, after the Omaha Public Power District voted in June to retire the plant, citing economic reasons as the main cause. With a capacity of 478 megawatts (MW), Fort Calhoun was the smallest active nuclear power plant in the United States at the time of its retirement.

Being Black Still a Barrier to Rural Cooperative Board Membership

In 1984, the New York Times ran a story highlighting the almost universally white boards of directors among 300 Southern electric cooperatives serving populations with thousands of African American member-owners:

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Japan Sept industrial output stalls in worrying sign for
economy

Singapore considers measures to help struggling marine sector

SINGAPORE, Oct 31 (Reuters) - The Singapore government is
considering whether to help the city-state's marine and offshore
engineering (M&OE) sector, which is facing a prolonged downturn
due to the slump in the oil market, the trade and industry
minister said on Monday.

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